The 20 Most Insane 4x4 Conversions
Because for every car, there's someone in middle America thinking "that would be better as a truck."
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There are tons of great cars out there. Luxurious sedans, powerful muscle cars, and nimble European roadsters. We tend to want to enjoy these as they were meant to be enjoyed, but for some that just doesn't seem to cut it for a select crowd. These people just want a truck.
Most people who just want a truck take the easy route and just go buy a truck. There are others, however, who prefer to buy a car, and then make it into a weird kind of truck. That why we've been able to compile this bizarre gallery of The 20 Most Insane 4x4 Conversions.
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Vintage Pontiac
Who Drives It: A guy who measures manliness exclusively in chest hair.
The worst part is that it doesn't even look like there's that much ground clearance. It seems that only the body has been lifted.
1967 Camaro
Who Drives It: A young guy with a little too much money who actually follows through with his Jim Beam-inspired ideas at 2:00 a.m.
At least we know it can actually tackle some rough terrain.
'66 Ford Fairlane
Who Drives It: A dude who chews tobacco and wears vests without shirts.
This was once a classy and powerful car with true racing heritage. Now it's something else entirely.
Subaru WRX
Who Drives It: Someone with a severe case of ADHD.
We can see the logic of this one (even if it is super obviously fake). The AWD system is already set up to kick butt on dirt so...
1963 Split Window Corvette
Who Drives It: A heretic
No... NOOOOOO! Fix it. Fix it, fix it, fix it now!
Triumph Spitfire
Who Drives It: The son of an Englishman who moved to South Dakota.
Maybe this kind of car would be commonplace if the U.S. were still a part of the U.K.
'66 Mustang
Who Drives It: A person who owns a casual American flag tie and a "dressy" one.
It's like a MacGuyvered, middle America version of a Local Motors Rally Fighter.
Classic Chevy Pick-Up
Who Drives It: A person who loves flannel shirts more than George Lucas.
Once upon a time, pick-up trucks were more concerned with just getting the job done in the most efficient and practical way possible. Today's trucks are pseudo-off-roaders that are carefully designed to gently stroke male egos while still remaining useful to contractors. This is a strange Frankenstein-esque mash-up of the two.
AMC Eagle
Who Drives It: Someone with very little ambition.
Only one thing beats a rusty old AMC Eagle: A customized rusty old AMC Eagle.
Zastava 750
Who Drives It: A Californian who was tired of showing up to the beach in a Baja Bug and seeing a few other identical cars.
It's like a cross between a Fiat 500 and a Baja Bug. We still like it.
This Old Benz
Who Drives It: The Moirai, the mythological Greek sources of cosmic irony
Some people freaked out when Mercedes started making SUVs other than the G-Wagen. Those people would probably just drop dead if they saw this.
C3 Corvette
Who Drives It: A C3 4x4 cultist who likes red.
There seems to be a weird little sub-culture devoted to making 4x4s out of old Corvettes. Presumably the modders themselves all have mustaches, screaming eagle tattoos, and straight ticket Republican voting records.
C3 Corvette
Who Drives It: A C3 4x4 cultist who likes silver.
See, here's another one. This guy probably also has a collection of Ed Hardy tee shirts.
C3 Corvette
Who Drives It: A C3 4x4 cultist who likes white and probably also has a C3 bumper-turned-bar in his house
We're not kidding, this is a weirdly common thing.
Yugo
Who Drives It: The kind of person who always roots for the underdog.
Why put money into a Yugo?
1981 Pontiac Firebird
Who Drives It: A man who hasn't worn anything but jeans and a tank top in six years.
The guy who made this has a mullet. 1,246 to 1.
El Camino
Who Drives It: Someone who was just really offended that the El Camino wasn't a real truck.
The El Camino is a pick-up turned into a car. When you turn it back into a truck it suddenly is nothing more than a pick up with weird proportions.
Ford Econoline
Who Drives It: Templeton Peck, Howling Mad Murdock, B. A. Baracus, and John "Hannibal" Smith.
Sometimes a toilet is clogged up in the mountains, and the world's most rugged plumber has to get there.
Classic Chevy Fire Truck
Who Drives It: A man with a non-ironic handlebar mustache.
Sometimes there's a time-travelling fire in the wilderness that needs to be fought.
smart ForTwo
Who Drives It: Someone who will never fit in with any group of people.
We can understand that this is amusing as a joke, but why spend tens of thousands of dollars on it?